
Funding News
Doha Film Institute Spring 2025: Funding News
Qatar’s Doha Film Institute (DFI) has selected 45 projects for its spring 2025 funding round, including recent Cannes film festival premieres Renoir and Once Upon A Time In Gaza.
Korea & Japan
ACF, a support programme of South Korea’s Busan International Film Festival, has awarded funding to 14 Asian projects for 2025.
News
Full list of award winners from this year's Shanghai International Film Festival and SIFF Project.
Festivals
Dates for film & TV festivals and markets in Asia, Africa and the Middle East, along with the major film & TV events in Europe and North America.
Dates for film & TV festivals and markets in Asia, Africa and the Middle East, along with the major film & TV events in Europe and North America.
Southeast Asia buzz projects, from development to post-production and soon to be premiering at festivals.
Smurfs and Robbie Williams biopic Better Man have been added to China's release calendar.
Streamlined looks at how the Nigerian government plans to support the creative industries.
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Southeast Asia buzz projects, from development to post-production and soon to be premiering at festivals.
Smurfs and Robbie Williams biopic Better Man have been added to China's release calendar.
SIFF Project, the projects market of Shanghai International Film Festival (SIFF, June 13- 22), selected 34 projects across five categories for its 2025 edition. The categories include Genre Projects, New Talent Projects, Co-production Projects, Pre-Production Projects and Works-in-Progress. Launched in 2007, SIFF Project aims to connect Chinese and Sino-foreign co-production
Open Doors, the co-production and talent development programme of Locarno Film Festival (August 6-16, 2025), has selected six projects and six producers for the first edition of its Africa Focus. The programme provides comprehensive training, mentoring and networking opportunities, alongside public screenings and events during Locarno Pro (August 7-12, 2025)
Amman Film Industry Days (AFID), the industry platform of Amman International Film Festival – Awal Film (AIFF), has selected 18 projects to take part in this year’s Pitching Platforms. Taking place during the sixth edition of AIFF (July 2-10), the Pitching Platforms provide a space for Arab filmmakers and producers
Streamlined looks at how the Nigerian government plans to support the creative industries.
Part Two of Streamlined’s Cannes 2025 recap looks at sales & acquisitions activity in the US and Asia.
Cannes awards winners, tariff talk & shifting spheres of influence in the global film biz.
All the winners from this year’s Cannes film festival, across official selection, Critics Week, Directors Fortnight and the Immersive Competition.
BIFAN has selected 26 projects for the 2025 edition of Network of Asian Fantastic Films (NAFF).
Project market will take place alongside the third Danang Asian Film Festival in Vietnam.
Below is a list of films selected for Cannes Official Selection, Critics Week and Directors Fortnight originating from, set in or mostly filmed in Asia, Africa and the Middle East (or from filmmakers originating from these regions but based elsewhere) with sales agents and nationalities of co-production partners where known.